Ze'ev Drory

Gebundenes Buch

The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel

Utopia in Uniform

Beschreibung

This book discusses the contribution of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to the building of the social and educational foundations of the country, and its role in the area of immigrant absorption and settlement during the first years of the Israeli State. The author examines how under the guidance of David Ben-Gurion Israel was able to utilize the values of military organization to combat severe, economic, and social difficulties, and build a civil society to underpin the new state.

Autor

Ze'ev Drory is Director of the Military and Defence Studies programme at the Department of History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the author of Israel's Reprisal Policy, 1935-1956 (Frank Cass, 2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9780714656632
• ISBN-10: 0714656631
• Artikelnr.: 21910999